Depot attendant Mario Aiello and working supervisor Kevin Skett tend to their vegetable garden grown in pots and containers dropped off by the public at the North Shore Recycling Program Drop-off Depot. The project speaks to staff's interest in getting more involved in the community, as well as setting a positive example about diverting waste.
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The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society. ishwashing Volunteers are needed to support the food services of the seniors' centre.
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Two of the North Vancouver waterfront's upcoming signature cultural destinations got major boosts on Friday during a marathon of pre-election-call federal funding announcements. Presentation House Gallery and the North Vancouver Museum and Archives were on the receiving end of $2.5-million and $2.2-million grants from the federal government's Canada Cultural Spaces fund.
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It was only the Argentians and Americans that were really going to challenge Canada in the men's draw of the recent Pan American Games volleyball tournament. Not that Canada is scoffing at its bronze medal.
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Shovels will go in the ground in early 2016 for a new art gallery on Vancouver's waterfront, after a major funding announcement Friday morning by federal, provincial and municipal governments. At an event in North Vancouver, the Government of Canada announced it was investing $2.5M in the project, matching funds provided by the Province of British Columbia and the City of North Vancouver, for a total of $7.5M in public funding.
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Two of the North Vancouver waterfront's upcoming signature cultural destinations got major boosts on Friday during a marathon of pre-election-call federal funding announcements. Presentation House Gallery and the North Vancouver Museum and Archives were on the receiving end of $2.5-million and $2.2-million grants from the federal government's Canada Cultural Spaces fund.
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Abbotsford is one of the easiest places to build homes, according to a Fraser Institute survey of Lower Mainland cities' residential land-use regulations and policies. Abbotsford was the least regulated of the 10 cities in the region that generated sufficient survey responses, according to the Fraser Institute, a think tank that promotes free-market policies.
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The director and cocurator of Presentation House Gallery, Reid Shier, is thrilled to have a key financial piece in place to proceed with development of stunning new exhibit space. Today, North Vancouver Conservative MP Andrew Saxton announced that Ottawa will match $2.5-million contributions from the City of North Vancouver and the B.C. government to enable construction to begin early next year on the new Polygon Gallery.
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Six young men were arrested in two separate incidents in North Vancouver on Thursday night, after they allegedly climbed to the top of a 27-metre-high construction crane while drunk to film a "highly dangerous" stunt. SEE MORE PHOTOS HERE , or if you're using a mobile app, tap the story image and swipe.
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Let it be known: When you're recreating in the District of North Vancouver's new rec centre on Queens Road sometime in 2016, it will be the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre you are recreating in. District council members opted for the name at Monday night's committee meeting after weeks of being unable to find a consensus.
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The young North Vancouver parents found dead in their Lower Lonsdale home last week had taken drugs laced with a lethal dose of fentanyl, the B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed. Hardy and Amelia Leighton, 31 and 30, had apparently been snorting drugs when the synthetic opioid, which is more powerful than morphine, caused them to fall asleep and not wake up.
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Galleries AMBLESIDE, DUNDARAVE, CAULFEILD AND HORSESHOE BAY NEIGHBOURHOODS West Vancouver. Harmony Arts Festival - Art Beat: Businesses will showcase local artwork within their stores from July 31 to Aug. 9. All items will be available for purchase on-site.
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Though it may be a political no-go elsewhere on the North Shore right now, the dream of amalgamation is alive and well in the District of North Vancouver. District council members met Monday night to put some fresh attention on the North Shore Reunification Committee's report, originally tabled just before the 2014 municipal elections.
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